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Vance Air Force Base (IATA: END, ICAO: KEND, FAA LID: END) is a United States Air Force base located in southern Enid, Oklahoma, about 65 mi (105 km) north northwest of Oklahoma City. The base is named after local World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Leon Robert Vance Jr .
Tinker Air Force Base – Oklahoma City/Midwest City – KTIK; 10th Flight Test Squadron; 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group; 72d Air Base Wing; 76th Maintenance Wing; 448th Supply Chain Management Wing; 507th Air Refueling Wing; 513th Air Control Group; 552d Air Control Wing; Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex [7] Vance Air Force Base – Enid ...
Currently, Kegelman AFAF is a sub-base of Vance Air Force Base under the control of the 71st Flying Training Wing (71 FTW). The airfield was previously administered by Will Rogers Field, Clovis Army Air Field, Woodward Army Air Field, and Liberal Army Airfield prior to the U.S. Air Force becoming an independent service in 1947. [4]
Vance Air Force Base: Engagements: Southwest Pacific Theater [1] Decorations: Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation [1] Insignia; 25 Flying Training Sq emblem (modified and reinstated 31 March 1995) [1] 25th Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 2 January 1973) [2]
For additional lineage and history, see 71st Flying Training Wing. The 71st Observation Group trained with B-25, P-38, and P-40 aircraft beginning in October 1941. It moved to California in December 1941 and flew antisubmarine patrols off the west coast, then moved to the Southwest Pacific in the fall of 1943 and flew reconnaissance missions over New Britain, New Guinea, and the Admiralty ...
Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Force In World War II. Vol. V, Pacific Theater of Operations. Atglen,PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-4346-9. Further reading. Stanaway, John and Bob Rocker. The Eight Ballers: Eyes of the Fifth Air Force. The 8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron in World War II. Atglen, Pennsylvania ...
The 33rd Flying Training Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron based at Vance Air Force Base near Enid, Oklahoma. It is a part of the 71st Flying Training Wing . The squadron was established as a medium bomber unit on Bolos, Marauders, and later B-25 Mitchells.
McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 4 October 1949; Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, 18 August 1955; Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, 1 February 1960 – 1 July 1988; Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 16 February 1990 – 15 December 1991; Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 April 1997 – present [1]